Richard Kingscote and Tom Dascombe have designs on Royal Ascot success

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Jockey with penchant for tattoos hoping to make his mark for a trainer, pictured, who is likely to have five juvenile runners at next week’s big meeting

Even in these indulgent times, there are still those at Ascot who would automatically consider any young man with a penchant for tattoos and motorbikes as an undesirable at the royal meeting. They may have to make concessions for Richard Kingscote next week.

Polite, articulate and cleancut, Kingscote, 22, will be a surprise to those who have read only of his eye-catching habits. He has 15 tattoos, one covering his right arm, but his love of speed is sated as much by the precocious two-year-olds he rides for Tom Dascombe as by the bike he rides for escapism.